Dr. Manuel Duarte

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A technology leader with experience in Commercial Banking and Professional Services. Created and led high performing teams of developers and project professionals supporting up to 70,000 internal users and 12,000+ corporate clients. As a senior manager I have led many successful critical corporate client projects using traditional waterfall and Agile methodologies. As a systems manager, I stabilized production systems to meet critical stability requirements of the financial industry and negotiated with vendors to extract the best possible terms for my employers. As an internet infrastructure specialist I managed a leading edge global web infrastructure, developed the first corporate internet usage policies and led the creation of the first corporate intranet for a large Bank. As a developer, I evaluated high performance computing systems and developed real-time communications software. As a leader and information systems strategist I enjoy executing difficult management challenges.

Entrepreneur

Created two startups:

China Clipper Trading - acquisition, refurbishment and re-sale of Digital Equipment Corporation computers and peripherals

Ugenix Data Services - web site analytics reporting service; major client was a leading Canadian Bank

Education

Doctorate of Business Administration, Edinburgh Business School, UK

Master of Business Administration, Warwick Business School (WBS), UK

Managing Information Organizations, certificate, University of Toronto, Canada

Management Information Systems, certificate, McGill University, Canada

What's Next?

Complete the VHF marine radio certification and a Master's sailing certificate.